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Hutch trial will test new app to help teens stop vaping
Smoking cessation expert to adapt adult quit-smoking app for kids under 18; pilot trial will test its efficacy in 200 self-consenting teens
New Science Spotlight Articles
Every month, Fred Hutch postdoc writer/editors summarize two papers from each of our scientific divisions to stimulate collaborations across campus
May 16, 2022
Understanding the mechanics of breast cancer metastasis
Ghajar Lab research reveals why muscle tissue doesn’t get mets, how dormant tumor cells in the brain wake up and proliferate
Do multivitamins and supplements like cocoa flavanols keep cancer, heart disease away?
Scientists drill down into crucial Women’s Health Initiative data to get definitive answers on whether supplement use improves our health
Cancer, COVID-19 and proceeding with caution
Patients in treatment and those with compromised or suppressed immune systems eye the future — and pandemic’s wane — warily
Dr. Rachel Issaka receives the Kathryn Surace-Smith Endowed Chair in Health Equity Research
Flexible funding will further physician-scientist’s work in colorectal cancer and health inequities
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium to serve entire state
Catchment area expands from 13 counties to all of Washington, adding 2.4 million people and several additional Indigenous tribes
7 ways to science your life for the coming year
Researchers share evidence-based strategies for managing your health during yet another uncertain year
New studies highlight cancer inequities in hospice care, financial impacts
Analyses shared at ASCO annual meeting show lack of home hospice care for Medicaid patients during COVID-19; quantify financial hardships
What’s new in breast cancer research? San Antonio conference goes hybrid for 2021
Hutch researchers look at overdiagnosis, cardiotoxicity of chemotherapy, cost of a new surveillance method and more
In research and cancer care, Indigenous representation matters
Fred Hutch, UW researchers work to reduce risk and inequities and improve access to care, resources for Indigenous communities and patients
Beyond BRCA and breast cancer risk
Inherited genetic variants contribute to many cancers; genetic testing, counseling key to evaluate risk, identify targeted therapies
Using AI to identify potential COVID-19, cancer therapies
Early findings show current drugs might be repurposed to calm COVID-19’s cytokine storms, treat metastatic prostate cancer
Life lessons in genetics, race and social justice
Science Education Partnership’s free, open-source curriculum units help high schoolers separate bias from biology
Cancer clinical trials exclude too many patients: That’s changing
Calls for equity, inclusion and better access boost pre-pandemic efforts to open up eligibility, streamline trials
Cancer-busting broccoli sprout pills? It’s a thing.
Translational scientist’s ‘green chemoprevention’ research extends from eastern China to Seattle and now, into space
Catching up with cancer as COVID-19 starts to ebb
Public health researchers scramble to get preventive cancer screenings back on peoples’ radar – and calendars – as cases dwindle and restrictions lift
Black with cancer: ‘It shouldn’t be different’
Hutch/UW Consortium health equity team works to reduce cancer risk and racial bias, improve care for Black communities and patients
Bringing science and better health outcomes to all
Fred Hutch’s Pathways to Equity Symposium: Heartbreaking statistics, hopeful plans, and recognition for a pair of health-equity trailblazers
Dr. Yingye Zheng named fellow of American Statistical Association
Honored for work to develop biomedical decision tools
Risk vs. benefit: Bisphosphonates in breast cancer
These common drugs can curb metastasis to bone and may even keep DCIS in check, but side effects make education and awareness crucial